Non-contrast-enhanced hepatic MR angiography: Do two-dimensional parallel imaging and short tau inversion recovery methods shorten acquisition time without image quality deterioration?

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Shimada, Kotaro ^a   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Okada, Tomohisa ^a   Kamae, Toshikazu ^a   Arizono, Shigeki ^a   Hirokawa, Yuusuke ^a   Shibata, Toshiya ^a   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic artery; Magnetic resonance angiography; Non contrast enhanced; Short tau inversion recovery; Time spatial labeling inversion pulse; Two dimensional parallel imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY METHOD; STEADY STATE; TIME SPATIAL LABELING INVERSION PULSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL PARALLEL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953786640     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.05.051     Document Type: Article

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